Mar 9, 2017

Blackberry Aurora dual-SIM - Specifications and Price

Blackberry has officially launched a new smartphone called Blackberry Aurora - the first Blackberry branded smartphone with DUAL-SIM slot. Are you surprised? Yes! First Blackberry branded smartphone with Dual-SIM slot and runs on Android 7.0 Nougat.

Well, the first dual-SIM BlackBerry SIM is here. It is by BB Merah Putih, the company that holds the license for making, marketing, and selling BlackBerry-branded smartphones in Indonesia.

The Aurora is also the first BlackBerry-branded device to ever be produced in Indonesia. It came with an awesome specifications and features. Have a look at the full specifications as well as the price below.

BLACKBERRY AURORA SPECIFICATIONS AND PRICE

NETWORK

TechnologyGSM / HSPA / LTE

2G bandsGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2

3G bandsHSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

4G bandsLTE

SpeedHSPA, LTE

GPRSYes

EDGEYes

LAUNCH

Announced2017, March

StatusComing soon. Exp. release 2017, March 12th

BODY

Dimensions152 x 76.8 x 8.5 mm (5.98 x 3.02 x 0.33 in)

Weight178 g (6.28 oz)

SIMDual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY

TypeIPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size5.5 inches (~71.4% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution720 x 1280 pixels (~267 ppi pixel density)

MultitouchYes

PLATFORM

OSAndroid OS, v7.0 (Nougat)

ChipsetQualcomm MSM8917 Snapdragon 425

CPUQuad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53

GPUAdreno 308

MEMORY

Card slotmicroSD, up to 256 GB

RAM 4GB

Internal32 GB

CAMERA

Primary13 MP, autofocus, dual-LED flash

FeaturesGeo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama

Video1080p@30fps

Secondary8 MP

SOUND

Alert typesVibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

LoudspeakerYes

3.5mm jackYes

- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

CONNECTIVITY

WLANWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Bluetoothv4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE

GPSYes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS

RadioTo be confirmed

USBmicroUSB v2.0

FEATURES

SensorsAccelerometer, proximity, compass

MessagingSMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM

BrowserHTML5

JavaNo

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player

- MP4/H.264 player

- Photo/video editor

- Document viewer

MISCELLANEOUS

Li-Ion 3000 mAh battery

ColorsBlack, Silver, Gold

Price in the United States: $260

Price in Indonesia: IDR 3,499,000

Price in Nigeria: NGN 79,300 (not yet in Nigeria as of the time of this publication)